• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    The murder rate in the USA is very high compared to its peers, at 6.383 per 100,000. Canada, for example, has a rate which is almost three times lower at 2.273 per 100,000.

    Brazil has a murder rate of 20.606 per 100,000. I think I’ll stick with our tipping culture and lack of public health system.

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        That’s an interesting question. People like to blame guns, but

        The United States’ homicide rate of 3.8 is clearly higher than that of eg France (1.0), Germany (0.8), Australia (1.1), or Canada (1.4). However, as per the FBI, only 11,208 of our 16,121 murders were committed with firearms, eg 69%. By my calculations, that means our nonfirearm murder rate is 1.2. In other words, our non-firearm homicide rate alone is higher than France, Germany, and Australia’s total homicide rate.

        That’s from here, which is an interesting but long discussion of the topic:

        https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/06/guns-and-states/

        https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/10/guns-and-states-2-son-of-a-gun/

        Edit: I’m not saying guns aren’t part of the explanation, but they don’t appear to account for the majority of the difference.

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          Ah, SSC. I was going to make a joke about how it’ll get blamed on black people Human Biodiversity, but Scott actually does

          And this is murder rate by state correlated with percent black population:

          This would seem to support the “culture of violence” theory.

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          A massive percentage of yous have been huffing leaded petrol fumes almost directly from exhausts for decades and yous are still wondering why you’re a bunch of murderous warmongering cunts? 😂

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            What do you mean yous? That was global lead contamination baby! Hence the last ditch far right swings internationally. I also attribute it to brain damage from COVID. And microplastics. And the Teflon in all our blood. I just hope there was enough education along the way to diffuse some of those violent tendencies with democratic principles.

            But yes, in general, I agree. We are a bunch of pollutant filled war mongers on our worst days.

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      5 months ago

      20.606 per 100,000

      Bro either you converted something wrong or you’re saying a fifth of the population dies every year because of murders

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      Pretty sure Brazilian GINI is higher than US even. Not a good comparison. But most of Europe is better than us, we rank with the former Soviet Slavic countries in terms of HDI when adjusted for GINI. Canada as you mentioned, probably Australia.

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      I’d say something about throwing stones in glass houses but most brazilians can’t seem to afford glass windows.